Personal Care Specialist

2 days ago


Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Avery Healthcare Full time
Role Overview

A personal care specialist is a vital role within our care team, providing high standards of personal care and contributing fully to the continuity of services.

About Avery Healthcare

Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. We believe that the later years of our residents' lives should be as enriching as any other. Our vision is to create meaningful lives together by offering exceptional care and experience throughout our portfolio of over 100 care homes.

Key Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of this role include:

  • Assisting residents with their personal hygiene care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity, and respect at all times.
  • Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents, such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, and signs of infections, and escalating identified risks in a timely manner.
  • Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting their dignity and individuality.
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need to live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable. Experience is not required, as we offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.

  • You will need to have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
  • Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents and other people in the home.
  • Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members.
  • Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
Working for Avery Healthcare

We are proud to offer a competitive salary of £25,000 - £30,000 per annum, depending on experience, along with access to a range of benefits, including:

  • A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
  • Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Please note that this role may require adaptability and flexibility to meet the changing needs of our residents. We look forward to hearing from you.



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